NAME: Amy Wheeler

Unit topic: Problem Solving with Categorical Data

Grade level: 2nd Grade
Blooms Taxonomy

Knowledge

Comprehension

Application

Analysis

Evaluation

Synthesis

tell, list, define, label,

recite, memorize, repeat,
find, name, record, fill in,
recall, relate

locate, explain, summarize,

identify, describe, report,
discuss, review, paraphrase,
restate, retell, show, outline,
rewrite

demonstrate, construct,
record, use, diagram, revise,
reformat, illustrate, interpret,
dramatize, practice,
organize, translate,
manipulate, convert, adapt,
research, calculate, operate,
model, order, display,
implement, sequence,
integrate, incorporate

compare, contrast,
classify, critique,
categorize, solve,
deduce, examine,
differentiate, appraise,
distinguish, investigate,
categorize, infer

judge, predict, verify,

assess, justify, rate,
prioritize, determine,
select, decide, value,
choose, forecast,
estimate

compose, design,
hypothesize,
formulate, create,
invent, develop,
refine, produce,
transform

Verbal/linguistic
poetry, debate, storytelling, essay, checklist,
journal

Students will list

important
vocabulary related
to data in individual
math writing
journals.

Students will describe

a bar or picture graph
in a short paragraph.

Students will
interpret parts of a
bar graph using a
checklist of
necessary parts.

Students will
examine a bar or
picture graph and
use information
to tell a story.

Students will
hold a debate to
determine if a
bar or picture
graph is easier to
use to find
information.

Students will
create a
checklist of
needed labels
on data graph.

Visual/spatial
drawing, model, poster,
photograph, storyboard,
illustration, board game

Students will record

the characteristics
of animals (bird,
mammal, fish, and
reptile) on poster to
help create
categories on data
chart.

Student will illustrate

and explain
vocabulary words
associated with data
module.

Students will
organize data and
draw a table to know
how many animals
are in each category.

Students will
create a poster
that distinguishes
a bar graph from
a picture graph.

Students will
select a type of
graph (bar or
picture) and
create a model
of it.

Students will
draw and label
to produce a
picture graph to
represent items
in categories.

Logical/mathematical
diagram, outline,
timeline, chart, critique,
graph

Students will label

picture and bar
graphs.

Students will relate a

number line to a bar
graph

Students will sort and

record data into a
table using up to 4
categories

Students will
distinguish the
similarities and
differences of bar
and picture
graphs

Students will
create a picture
graph on graph
paper.

Naturalist
classification, collection,

Students will
classify and record

Students will
investigate

Students will exhibit

completed picture or

Students will
solve and display

Students will
assess a graph
diagram to
determine if all
information is
present and
correct
Students will
collect data and

Gardners Multiple
Intelligences

Students will
design survey

display, observation,
forecast, investigation,
simulation, exhibit,
identification

information into
data tables with
similar
characteristics

Musical
song, rap, lyrics,
composition, jingle,
slogan, melody

Students will recite

a rap about data
collected to create a
bar graph

Bodily/Kinesthetic
role play, skit,
pantomime, dance,
invention, lab,
improvisation, prototype

magazines/books
containing graphs.
Students will then
report findings in a
journal
Students will locate a
melody containing
categorical data

bar graphs outside of

classroom to share
with other 2nd grade
students

on personal white
boards answers
from questions
driven from data
on a table
Students will
differentiate their
found data into a
jingle

select which
graph to design
to present
information

and collect the

data

Students will
assess if patterns
are present on
bar or picture
graphs

Students will
create a lyric to
introduce their
data results

Students will recite

data found in the
form of a skit

Students will identify

which data graph is
being displayed by
another student acting
out by hand gestures

Students will
dramatize a skit to
the class based on the
data and graphs they
have created

Students will
investigate a
picture graph and
pantomime what
pictures represent

Students will
create a 3D
prototype of
bar graph using
Legos

Students will selfassess and summarize

by using Noting What
Ive Learned
worksheet after the
days data lesson

Students will
research categorical
data and write an
editorial describing
their observations

Students will
TalknTurn with a
partner to describe the
strategies they need to
answer application
problem from the days
lesson

Students will
interview classmates
and record data to be
used to create a bar
or picture graph

Students will
form a
comparison
question based on
data on picture
graph to form an
answer
Students will
discuss and
compare
solutions to
problem set
related to sorting
and recording
data into a table

Students will
determine
preference of
categorical data
to collect and
invent a graph to
chart data
Students will log
on a picture
graph the value
of each picture

Intrapersonal
journal, log, goal
statement, belief
statement, selfassessment, editorial

Students will record

a goal statement in
regard to what they
want to learn more
about data

Interpersonal
discussion, roundtable,
service learning,
conversation, group
activity, position
statement, interview

Students will
discuss and relate
how using graphs
makes solving word
problems easier

Students will
converse with a
partner and
determine if
their graphs look
the same

Students in
small group
will transform
information
from table into
creating a data
graph

Students will
interpret problem
solving songs

Students will
develop a belief
statement about
why graphing
data is
important